Azure Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Azure
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 5 9
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 +5
Permanent jobs citing Azure 728 506 435
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 10.06% 14.70% 9.25%
As % of the Cloud Services category 49.86% 52.22% 40.69%
Number of salaries quoted 443 387 352
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £30,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -4.04% -1.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £70,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -5.51%

All Cloud Computing Skills
East of England

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,460 969 1,069
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 20.17% 28.15% 22.73%
Number of salaries quoted 935 709 807
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,438 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -1.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £76,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £63,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.83% - -7.69%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Azure job vacancy trend in the East of England

Azure
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the East of England over the 6 months to 11 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in the East of England

Azure
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the East of England region over the 6 months to 11 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire -1 193 £60,000 +9.09% 72
Essex +1 175 £40,000 +14.29% 36
Cambridgeshire -5 147 £55,000 +37.50% 48
Suffolk +23 101 £49,000 -2.00% 9
Norfolk +2 82 £55,000 +48.65% 18
Bedfordshire -16 28 £37,500 -29.25% 24
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 102 (14.01%) SharePoint
2 53 (7.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (2.06%) WordPress
4 8 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.82%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.69%) CMS
7 3 (0.41%) SAS
8 2 (0.27%) Confluence
8 2 (0.27%) IIS
8 2 (0.27%) Luigi
9 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 67 (9.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.82%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.82%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (0.69%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.27%) Infor M3
4 2 (0.27%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.27%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 187 (25.69%) Microsoft 365
2 118 (16.21%) Power Platform
3 112 (15.38%) Entra ID
4 110 (15.11%) Azure AI
5 85 (11.68%) AWS
6 81 (11.13%) Azure DevOps
7 53 (7.28%) OneDrive
8 38 (5.22%) PowerApps
9 35 (4.81%) Power Automate
10 32 (4.40%) Azure Logic Apps
11 31 (4.26%) GitHub
12 30 (4.12%) Azure Data Factory
13 25 (3.43%) GCP
14 20 (2.75%) SaaS
15 19 (2.61%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 19 (2.61%) Azure Service Bus
16 18 (2.47%) GitHub Copilot
17 17 (2.34%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 15 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
18 15 (2.06%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 67 (9.20%) Firewall
2 53 (7.28%) DNS
3 47 (6.46%) VPN
4 37 (5.08%) DHCP
5 28 (3.85%) TCP/IP
6 16 (2.20%) Internet
7 13 (1.79%) WAN
7 13 (1.79%) Wireless
8 11 (1.51%) VoIP
9 9 (1.24%) LAN
9 9 (1.24%) MQTT
9 9 (1.24%) VLAN
10 8 (1.10%) Network Security
11 7 (0.96%) Broadband
12 4 (0.55%) Structured Cabling
12 4 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
13 3 (0.41%) DMZ
13 3 (0.41%) SSL
14 2 (0.27%) L2TP
14 2 (0.27%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (14.97%) Azure SQL Database
2 102 (14.01%) Power BI
3 59 (8.10%) MongoDB
3 59 (8.10%) Tableau
4 35 (4.81%) SQL Server
5 30 (4.12%) Elasticsearch
6 12 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (1.51%) Data Lake
7 11 (1.51%) Relational Database
8 7 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (0.96%) MySQL
9 6 (0.82%) BigQuery
9 6 (0.82%) Looker
9 6 (0.82%) Snowflake Schema
10 5 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.41%) Metadata
11 3 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.27%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.27%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 24 (3.30%) Git
2 12 (1.65%) JIRA
3 6 (0.82%) MLflow
4 5 (0.69%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.55%) Selenium
5 4 (0.55%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.41%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.27%) git-flow
7 2 (0.27%) Terragrunt
7 2 (0.27%) Yeoman
8 1 (0.14%) ERwin
8 1 (0.14%) JMeter
8 1 (0.14%) Postman
8 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.14%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 360 (49.45%) Social Skills
2 81 (11.13%) Finance
3 34 (4.67%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (2.88%) Marketing
5 20 (2.75%) Law
6 15 (2.06%) Legal
7 13 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (1.79%) Public Sector
7 13 (1.79%) Retail
8 11 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (0.82%) Advertising
10 6 (0.82%) Banking
10 6 (0.82%) Multimedia
11 5 (0.69%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.55%) Games
12 4 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (0.55%) Music Industry
12 4 (0.55%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.41%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 155 (21.29%) Developer
2 151 (20.74%) Analyst
3 114 (15.66%) Junior
4 109 (14.97%) Junior Analyst
5 94 (12.91%) IT Support
6 85 (11.68%) .NET Developer
7 71 (9.75%) Senior
8 58 (7.97%) Security Analyst
9 54 (7.42%) Data Analyst
10 52 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 52 (7.14%) Ethical Hacker
10 52 (7.14%) IT Engineer
10 52 (7.14%) Junior Data Analyst
10 52 (7.14%) Junior Security Analyst
11 50 (6.87%) Support Engineer
12 38 (5.22%) IT Support Engineer
13 34 (4.67%) Azure Engineer
13 34 (4.67%) Graduate
14 33 (4.53%) Lead
15 32 (4.40%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (17.31%) .NET
2 103 (14.15%) .NET Core
3 81 (11.13%) ASP.NET
4 80 (10.99%) ASP.NET Core
5 76 (10.44%) CSS
6 67 (9.20%) HTML
7 50 (6.87%) RESTful
8 38 (5.22%) React
9 35 (4.81%) Entity Framework
10 32 (4.40%) ML.NET
11 31 (4.26%) Node.js
12 29 (3.98%) Blazor
13 23 (3.16%) AngularJS
14 22 (3.02%) HTML5 Canvas
14 22 (3.02%) JSON
15 21 (2.88%) ASP.NET Web API
15 21 (2.88%) Vue
16 20 (2.75%) Microsoft Graph
17 19 (2.61%) SPFx
18 16 (2.20%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 52 (7.14%) Cyberattack
2 37 (5.08%) Driving Licence
3 32 (4.40%) Onboarding
4 30 (4.12%) Cloud Native
5 19 (2.61%) Management Information System
6 17 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (1.51%) Security Posture
8 10 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
11 7 (0.96%) Clustering
11 7 (0.96%) Digital TV
11 7 (0.96%) iPhone
12 6 (0.82%) Data Structures
12 6 (0.82%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (0.82%) Legacy Code
12 6 (0.82%) Public Cloud
13 5 (0.69%) BBC
13 5 (0.69%) Product Ownership
13 5 (0.69%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 141 (19.37%) Windows
2 82 (11.26%) Windows Server
3 18 (2.47%) Linux
4 16 (2.20%) Android
5 14 (1.92%) Windows Server 2019
6 13 (1.79%) Apple iOS
6 13 (1.79%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.82%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.27%) Unix
9 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (25.41%) Cybersecurity
2 172 (23.63%) AI
3 137 (18.82%) Agile
4 118 (16.21%) Mentoring
5 110 (15.11%) DevOps
6 105 (14.42%) Business Intelligence
7 90 (12.36%) Problem-Solving
8 85 (11.68%) Full-Stack Development
9 78 (10.71%) CI/CD
10 72 (9.89%) Continuous Improvement
11 65 (8.93%) Machine Learning
12 52 (7.14%) Ethical Hacking
13 47 (6.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 46 (6.32%) Computer Science
15 43 (5.91%) Roadmaps
16 42 (5.77%) ITIL
17 41 (5.63%) User Experience
18 39 (5.36%) Customer Service
19 36 (4.95%) Multithreading
19 36 (4.95%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 239 (32.83%) SQL
2 158 (21.70%) C#
3 131 (17.99%) Python
4 70 (9.62%) JavaScript
5 60 (8.24%) PowerShell
6 44 (6.04%) TypeScript
7 26 (3.57%) PHP
8 16 (2.20%) Java
9 13 (1.79%) C++
10 9 (1.24%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.82%) Bicep
12 5 (0.69%) R
13 4 (0.55%) Bash
14 3 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.41%) Ruby
14 3 (0.41%) Rust
15 2 (0.27%) Go
15 2 (0.27%) Scala
16 1 (0.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 231 (31.73%) Azure Certification
2 79 (10.85%) Degree
3 60 (8.24%) CompTIA Security+
4 53 (7.28%) CompTIA CySA+
5 52 (7.14%) CEH
6 38 (5.22%) Cisco Certification
7 34 (4.67%) Microsoft Certification
8 33 (4.53%) CCNA
9 32 (4.40%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (3.71%) Network+ Certification
11 20 (2.75%) Security Cleared
12 15 (2.06%) SC Cleared
13 8 (1.10%) DBS Check
14 7 (0.96%) AWS Certification
14 7 (0.96%) DV Cleared
15 6 (0.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 6 (0.82%) CISSP
16 5 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 5 (0.69%) CCNP
17 3 (0.41%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.12%) QA
2 26 (3.57%) SLA
3 22 (3.02%) GDPR
4 16 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.92%) Data Quality
6 13 (1.79%) NIST
7 9 (1.24%) Accessibility
7 9 (1.24%) GRC
8 7 (0.96%) NCSC
9 6 (0.82%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 6 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.69%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.55%) JSP 440
11 4 (0.55%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.55%) PMO
12 3 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 2 (0.27%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.14%) IFRS
14 1 (0.14%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 131 (17.99%) Active Directory
2 38 (5.22%) Hyper-V
3 31 (4.26%) Docker
4 28 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 13 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.27%) vSphere
9 1 (0.14%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 62 (8.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 38 (5.22%) Kubernetes
3 23 (3.16%) Terraform
4 8 (1.10%) Ansible
5 3 (0.41%) Proxmox
5 3 (0.41%) SCCM
5 3 (0.41%) ZABBIX
6 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.14%) Grafana
7 1 (0.14%) Nessus
7 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 517 (71.02%) Microsoft
2 128 (17.58%) ForeScout
3 47 (6.46%) Cisco
4 33 (4.53%) VMware
5 29 (3.98%) Apple
6 24 (3.30%) Google
7 19 (2.61%) Adobe
8 15 (2.06%) Databricks
8 15 (2.06%) Meraki
9 12 (1.65%) Veeam
10 11 (1.51%) Facebook
11 10 (1.37%) ServiceNow
12 7 (0.96%) Fortinet
12 7 (0.96%) SolarWinds
12 7 (0.96%) Sophos
13 6 (0.82%) Cloudera
13 6 (0.82%) Dell
13 6 (0.82%) Epicor
13 6 (0.82%) SonicWALL
13 6 (0.82%) Ubiquiti